In Walt we trust : how a queer socialist poet can save America from itself / John Marsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marsh, John, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Appreciation.

Whitman, Walt.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Influence.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Conduct of life in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Monthly Review Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Life in the United States today is shot through with uncertainty: about our jobs, our mortgaged houses, our retirement accounts, our health, our marriages, and the future that awaits our children. For many, our lives, public and private, have come to feel like the discomfort and unease you experience the day or two before you get really sick. Our life is a scratchy throat. John Marsh offers an unlikely remedy for this widespread malaise: the poetry of Walt Whitman. Mired in personal and political depression, Marsh turned to Whitman-and it saved his life. In Walt We Trust: How a Queer Socialist

Contents:

Cover; Contents; A Note on Editions of Whitman's Poems; INTRODUCTION: Walt Whitman-A Poetic Comfort; 1. Congratulations! You're Dead!; 2. Walt Whitman's Credit Report Looks Even Worse than Yours; INTERLUDE I: Was Walt Whitman Socialist?; 3. With Walt Whitman, Making It Rain; INTERLUDE II: Was Walt Whitman Gay?; 4. Affection Shall Solve the Problems of Freedom; CONCLUSION: At Whitman's Tomb; Notes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781583674765

1583674764

9781583674772

1583674772